Ok, not football at all, but it matters, eventually.

[Oranje White]

Anxiety!! When the lying corrupt media are forever telling us that covid will kill us, the world will burn up under climate change (another scam). Oceans will rise up and we'll drown. Measles, Ebola, Monkey Pox, Bird Flu, plastics, oil and gas, dairy products, red meat, too much coffee, AIDS, not enough cardio, sugar, etc etc will kill us. We must look like a model or else we're hideous freaks. We must have a good job and have a nice electric car (another scam) etc people may get anxious! Or we could just ignore the proven liars from the ABC, BBC, CNN, MSNBC, TVNZ and those other garbage networks and live a life relatively free from anxiety. Ignore Instagram. Ignore social media too.

[ozleeds]

Anxiety!! When the lying corrupt media are forever telling us that covid will kill us, the world will burn up under climate change (another scam). Oceans will rise up and we'll drown. Measles, Ebola, Monkey Pox, Bird Flu, plastics, oil and gas, dairy products, red meat, too much coffee, AIDS, not enough cardio, sugar, etc etc will kill us. We must look like a model or else we're hideous freaks. We must have a good job and have a nice electric car (another scam) etc people may get anxious! Or we could just ignore the proven liars from the ABC, BBC, CNN, MSNBC, TVNZ and those other garbage networks and live a life relatively free from anxiety. Ignore Instagram. Ignore social media too.

Nothing like that will happen as humans adapt to the rich ones anyway. The one thing that may kill us off is the LGBTQ society, as sickos are everywhere. And as Billy knows the Muslims.

[WTF11]

Back to the original subject if the thread, good (very) old Ronald MacDonald....

His grasp of very recent history makes it possible for him to offend just about everyone, including the families, friends and loved ones of NATO troops who served alongside US forces in Afghanistan. Only when his insulting, obnoxious and wholly inaccurate us made clear to him does he post on his "Truth" platform with no apology but instead praise for the troops he insulted less than 24 hours previously. Why the post? Because even this disgrace of a President recognised just how badly he had misjudged his own statements.

And.then there is ICE, and Minnesota. A major US city where it's citizens no longer feel safe to appear in public, lest they be taken without due process or even worse, killed by the forces of supposed federal law enforcement. These things are from Iran, North Korea, Russia, Ethiopia, Sudan, surely not the USA?

I was accused in a recent of hating the USA. As I made clear, I love America, I loved working and living there and I love the American the vast majority of the American people. It burns to the core of me to witness what this administration is doing to that bastion of liberty, democracy and welcome.

[WTF11]

Anxiety!! When the lying corrupt media are forever telling us that covid will kill us, the world will burn up under climate change (another scam). Oceans will rise up and we'll drown. Measles, Ebola, Monkey Pox, Bird Flu, plastics, oil and gas, dairy products, red meat, too much coffee, AIDS, not enough cardio, sugar, etc etc will kill us. We must look like a model or else we're hideous freaks. We must have a good job and have a nice electric car (another scam) etc people may get anxious! Or we could just ignore the proven liars from the ABC, BBC, CNN, MSNBC, TVNZ and those other garbage networks and live a life relatively free from anxiety. Ignore Instagram. Ignore social media too.

Well well well, a degree of agreement....not on climate change I'm afraid, too much evidence of my own eyes to consider it a scam, but ignoring (or at least taking with large doses of salt), the stuff that ALL media, particularly the social media platforms, churns out I wholeheartedly agree with.

[ozleeds]

Sigh

[ozleeds]

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[Monaco_Totty]

Wow, you folks have all the answers so why all the angst opinions wise ?

As for free press which is the right of journalists & media outlets in reporting news & to express their opinions & then publish information without government censorship, intimidation, or legal interference with a watchdog for transparency accountability, all crucial for a functioning democracy then I do really take on board all opinions & obviously read lots of it too no matter what differences are heatedly opinionated on here.

Reporting certainly not an easy gaff to enter into specifically reporting politics of east & west, my younger brother dabbled within press & media that now operates globally which creates huge new challenges for the 'free press' reporting scenario due to the rise of AI-generated disinformation & increasing intense political pressure on journalists which are significant challenges for a free press today, for sure.

As for social media of Twitter, nuff said & certainly not for me, likewise Instagram bollux. Each to their own of course but within aspects of social media creative tec programming then mega bucks can be made for the tec savvy with balls & skills that defo pay the bills if implemented in the right direction today.
Ireland for example has experienced a massive, strategic & sustained rise as a global technology powerhouse with the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector employing more than 160,000 people. The sector has seen a 70 per cent growth over the past decade transforming the Irish economy into a leader in software, AI & digital services.

Their tempting tax regulations certainly encourage innovators, for sure. My young brother is now back in such media & regularly trades with Ireland from his German base as both countries have a deep, strategic & expanding technology partnership with 2025 seeing intensified collaboration in areas like green energy, AI, aerospace & high-tech manufacturing, a collaboration driven by trade missions from Enterprise Ireland IDA Ireland creating huge opportunities.

So not is all doom & gloom globally, imo, just shifts away from mainstay traditional employment & a willingness to uproot & travel.
Global employment is undergoing a major transformation driven by rapid AI adoption, aging demographics in developed economies & a shift toward hybrid, flexible, and gig-based work structures. While developed nations face labour shortages, emerging economies are managing expanding workforces prompting a focus on skill acquisition, particularly in green & technology sectors.
FWIW, the UK's technological communication sector faces significant challenges often characterized by patchy infrastructure, slow adoption of new technologies & a growing digital divide.
As a Brit working in Europe with experienced digital savvy friends struggling in UK i am asking why on their behalf ?

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Wow, you folks have all the answers so why all the angst opinions wise ?

As for free press which is the right of journalists & media outlets in reporting news & to express their opinions & then publish information without government censorship, intimidation, or legal interference with a watchdog for transparency accountability, all crucial for a functioning democracy then I do really take on board all opinions & obviously read lots of it too no matter what differences are heatedly opinionated on here.

Reporting certainly not an easy gaff to enter into specifically reporting politics of east & west, my younger brother dabbled within press & media that now operates globally which creates huge new challenges for the 'free press' reporting scenario due to the rise of AI-generated disinformation & increasing intense political pressure on journalists which are significant challenges for a free press today, for sure.

As for social media of Twitter, nuff said & certainly not for me, likewise Instagram bollux. Each to their own of course but within aspects of social media creative tec programming then mega bucks can be made for the tec savvy with balls & skills that defo pay the bills if implemented in the right direction today.
Ireland for example has experienced a massive, strategic & sustained rise as a global technology powerhouse with the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector employing more than 160,000 people. The sector has seen a 70 per cent growth over the past decade transforming the Irish economy into a leader in software, AI & digital services.

Their tempting tax regulations certainly encourage innovators, for sure. My young brother is now back in such media & regularly trades with Ireland from his German base as both countries have a deep, strategic & expanding technology partnership with 2025 seeing intensified collaboration in areas like green energy, AI, aerospace & high-tech manufacturing, a collaboration driven by trade missions from Enterprise Ireland IDA Ireland creating huge opportunities.

So not is all doom & gloom globally, imo, just shifts away from mainstay traditional employment & a willingness to uproot & travel.
Global employment is undergoing a major transformation driven by rapid AI adoption, aging demographics in developed economies & a shift toward hybrid, flexible, and gig-based work structures. While developed nations face labour shortages, emerging economies are managing expanding workforces prompting a focus on skill acquisition, particularly in green & technology sectors.
FWIW, the UK's technological communication sector faces significant challenges often characterized by patchy infrastructure, slow adoption of new technologies & a growing digital divide.
As a Brit working in Europe with experienced digital savvy friends struggling in UK i am asking why on their behalf ?

Modern journalism seems to be less about seeking to I objectively report the facts but more about creating a narrative story. If you track the changes in the content of journalism courses over the last 40 years the course content mirrors that change.

If you are always ‘looking for a story’ then it may explain some of the excesses of the last decades but also illuminate the inability of journalists to allow the facts themselves speak for themselves - which in turn allows politicos and others to avoid accountability.

Read widely and critically and you won’t got far wrong.

[ozleeds]

Modern journalism seems to be less about seeking to I objectively report the facts but more about creating a narrative story. If you track the changes in the content of journalism courses over the last 40 years the course content mirrors that change.

If you are always ?‘looking for a story?’ then it may explain some of the excesses of the last decades but also illuminate the inability of journalists to allow the facts themselves speak for themselves - which in turn allows politicos and others to avoid accountability.

Read widely and critically and you won?’t got far wrong.

History not modern crap tell the true story modern idiots just make up things.
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[ozleeds]

Wow, you folks have all the answers so why all the angst opinions wise ?

As for free press which is the right of journalists & media outlets in reporting news & to express their opinions & then publish information without government censorship, intimidation, or legal interference with a watchdog for transparency accountability, all crucial for a functioning democracy then I do really take on board all opinions & obviously read lots of it too no matter what differences are heatedly opinionated on here.

Reporting certainly not an easy gaff to enter into specifically reporting politics of east & west, my younger brother dabbled within press & media that now operates globally which creates huge new challenges for the 'free press' reporting scenario due to the rise of AI-generated disinformation & increasing intense political pressure on journalists which are significant challenges for a free press today, for sure.

As for social media of Twitter, nuff said & certainly not for me, likewise Instagram bollux. Each to their own of course but within aspects of social media creative tec programming then mega bucks can be made for the tec savvy with balls & skills that defo pay the bills if implemented in the right direction today.
Ireland for example has experienced a massive, strategic & sustained rise as a global technology powerhouse with the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector employing more than 160,000 people. The sector has seen a 70 per cent growth over the past decade transforming the Irish economy into a leader in software, AI & digital services.

Their tempting tax regulations certainly encourage innovators, for sure. My young brother is now back in such media & regularly trades with Ireland from his German base as both countries have a deep, strategic & expanding technology partnership with 2025 seeing intensified collaboration in areas like green energy, AI, aerospace & high-tech manufacturing, a collaboration driven by trade missions from Enterprise Ireland IDA Ireland creating huge opportunities.

So not is all doom & gloom globally, imo, just shifts away from mainstay traditional employment & a willingness to uproot & travel.
Global employment is undergoing a major transformation driven by rapid AI adoption, aging demographics in developed economies & a shift toward hybrid, flexible, and gig-based work structures. While developed nations face labour shortages, emerging economies are managing expanding workforces prompting a focus on skill acquisition, particularly in green & technology sectors.
FWIW, the UK's technological communication sector faces significant challenges often characterized by patchy infrastructure, slow adoption of new technologies & a growing digital divide.
As a Brit working in Europe with experienced digital savvy friends struggling in UK i am asking why on their behalf ?

Sorry mate we don't have all the answers as of now I haven't found a way to educate the uneducated.
Example one day they are protesting and accusing western worlds pigs infedals in our own countries, now they are protesting for us to go and save them from there extreme ideologist killing them! Yes the ones they serve and fight with.